The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-12-01

school fund of their County, not to ex.
ceed twenty-five per cent, as they may
deem proper, for the purpose OF erecting
a suitable and comfortable school house
for each school in each of these Districts.
They shall divide the whole sum thus
appropriated equally among all OF the
Districts, and shall give to each school
in each District the same amount OF
money, which shall be expended by the
Trustees for each District, under the d.
rection of the County Board of Exam
iners, in erecting the school houses herein
provided for. In addition to the sum 80
appropriated, the Trustees for each Dis
trict may receive and expend in the
building such sums in money, work, land
or material as may be subscribed for
either or both of the houses to be erected
by them, carrying out the direction OF
the donor as to the application of all
such contributions. The County Board
of Examiners are hereby authorized to
make such temporary arrangements for
the schools in each District as may be
necessary until sufficient building funds
accrue to erect suitable building Tor
each school in such District.
SEC. s. The citizens of each School
District may, upon the petition of ma
jority of the owners of rea! estate, stating
the number of mills tax proposed to be
levied in such District, lodged with the
School Commissioner, at time and place
in such District, to be fixed by the School
Commissioner, and duly advertised for at
least fifteen days, stating the amount
proposed to be subscribed, meet in mass
meeting and subscribe such sum, not to
exceed two mills, as they may deem
proper, to assist in the erection of the
school buildings herein provided for. In
all such meetings they shall organize by
electing Chairman and Secretary, and
the vote upon the amount Of tax propo-
sed shall be taken by standing vote,
and the number voting on each side re.
corded. The meeting shall attend to no
other business, and the action .hereat
shall be certified by the Chairman and
Secretary to the County Auditor; and it
the majority vote in favor of the tax, the
County Auditor shall enter the same
upon book to be kept for that purpose,
and the County Treasurer shall, at the
succeeding Fall time of collecting State
and County taxes, collect such tax in the
same manner and under the same penal.
ties as he collects said State and County
taxes. In the payment of such taxes
each taxpayer shall have the right to de-
signate to which school building in his
District the tax he pays shall be appro-
priated, and the said Treasurer shall 80
return to the Trustees, and it shall be so
appropriated (; but where no designation
is made, the sum shall he eequally divided
between both schools in such District.
SEC. 6. The school buildings in the
several Districts now existing in said
County, which may be rendered useless
for school purposes hereunder, shall be
removed or sold, and the proceeds divided
between the several new Districts entitled
thereto, in such proportion aud on such
terms as the County Board of Examiners
may direct. In any School District in
which the whole or any part of the reser.
vation from the school funds provided
for in Section hereof for building pur-
poses is not required in the judgment of
the County Board of Examiners, the
same shall be applied to the ordinary
school purposes of said District, in such
way as the said County Board of Exam
liners may direct.
Sec. Z. In the School Districts in
which the City of Anderson and the
town of Williamson are located, the said
County Board of Examiners shall not
proceed to erect any school buildings
hereunder but shall continue to permit
the Trustees therein to establish and
regulate the schools therein.
SEC. s. The citizens of each School
District may, upon the petition of ma.
iority of the owners of real estate in such
District, lodged with the School Com
missioner, stating the number of mills
tax proposed to be levied, at time and
place in such District, to be fixed by the
School Commissioner, in the month of
July or August in each year, duly
advertised for at least fifteen days, stat.
ing the amount proposed to be subscribed,
meet in mass meeting and subscribe
such sum, not to exceed the amount
stated in the petition, and not to exceed
the sum of three mills on the dollar of
taxable property in the said District, as
they may deem proper to aid in the
maintenance of the public schools in
such District for the ensuing year. In
all such meetings, at the appointed time
and place, they shall organize by electing
a Chairman and Secretary, and the vote
upon the amount of the tax proposed,
shall be taken by standing vote, and
the number voting on each side recorded.
Any smaller sum than that proposed in
the petition may be voted, if the sum
proposed in the petition be rejected, and
the sum so proposed shall be voted on in
the same manner as the first sum named.
The meeting shall attend to no other
business, and the action thereat shall
be certified by the Chairman and Secre-
tary to the County Auditor, and if the
majority vote in favor of the tax, the
County Auditor shall enter the same
upon a book to be kept for that purpose,
and the County Treasurer shall at the
succeeding Fall time of collecting State
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the same manner and under the same
penalties as he collects said State and
County Taxes. In the payment of such
special District tax, each taxpayer shall
have the right to designate to which
school in his District the money he pays
shall be contributed, and the Treasurer
shall make a note thereof, and certify
the same to the School Commissioner,
and the sums SO designated shall be
applied as directed by the parties paying
The same. In all cases where no desig-
nation is made, the funds shall be
expended in such District in the proper
ton in which the other school funds are
expended therein.
SEC. 9. In all elections under Sections
and 8 hereof, where there is any protest
Or contest as to the regularity, fairness,
or propriety of the conduct Of the meet.
pgs therein authorized, the parties
obiecting shall file their objections with
The County Board of Examiners within
i've days, or the report to the Auditor